Daniel 1:10

1:10 But he ¹  responded to Daniel, “I fear my master the king. He is the one who has decided ²  your food and drink. What would happen if he saw that you looked malnourished in comparison to the other young men your age? ³  If that happened, ⁴  you would endanger my life ⁵  with the king!”

Daniel 2:9

2:9 If you don’t inform me of the dream, there is only one thing that is going to happen to you. ⁶  For you have agreed among yourselves to report to me something false and deceitful ⁷  until such time as things might change. So tell me the dream, and I will have confidence ⁸  that you can disclose its interpretation.”

Daniel 2:28

2:28 However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, ⁹  and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the times to come. ¹⁰  The dream and the visions you had while lying on your bed ¹¹  are as follows.

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¹ tn Heb “The overseer of the court officials.” The subject has been specified in the translation for the sake of clarity.

² tn Heb “assigned.” See v. 5.

³ tn Heb “Why should he see your faces thin from the young men who are according to your age?” The term translated “thin” occurs only here and in Gen 40:6, where it appears to refer to a dejected facial expression. The word is related to an Arabic root meaning “be weak.” See HALOT 277 s.v. II זעף.

⁴ tn The words “if that happened” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “my head.” Presumably this is an implicit reference to capital punishment (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT), although this is not entirely clear.

⁶ tn Aram “one is your law,” i.e., only one thing is applicable to you.

⁷ tn Aram “a lying and corrupt word.”

⁸ tn Aram “I will know.”

⁹ tn Aram “a revealer of mysteries.” The phrase serves as a quasi-title for God in Daniel.

¹⁰ tn Aram “in the latter days.”

¹¹ tn Aram “your dream and the visions of your head upon your bed.”